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Eagles' Nest, located on the crest of Constantia Nek pass, is nestled at the foot of the awe inspiring Table Mountain. This pristine and boutique family owned vineyard has in recent years gained a striking reputation for both its beauty and award winning wines.
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Our Wines

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[post_content] => [caption id="attachment_343" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Verreaux’s Eagle in flight carrying nesting material Photograph by Jesse Walton"][/caption] Although the origin of the name that graces our estate is lost in the mists of time, the survey beacon situated on the cliffs that rise up above the vineyards is labelled Eagles Nest. This could indicate that these crags once housed a breeding pair of Eagles. If this was so, it is most likely that they would have been a pair of Black Eagles, now more correctly known as Verreaux’s Eagles (aquila verreauxii). [caption id="attachment_345" align="alignright" width="180" caption="National Park Photograph by Meidad Goren"][/caption] Verreaux’s Eagles have nested on the Table Mountain Range since ancient times. In the mid ‘50s, there were at least four breeding pairs on the Peninsula, and the number and distribution of old, disused nest structures, which persist today on the more remote mountain crags, suggest that the population may have exceeded six pairs in recent history. The current situation is much less healthy. there is now only one settled pair of Verreaux’s Eagles in the Table Mountain National Park that maintains a nest on a cliff face some six kilometres from the our upper boundary. Eagles’ Nest has committed to…
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Eagle Conservation

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